Four dissatisfied sixties-era housewives f orm a book club turned sisterhood that will hold fast amid the turmoil of a rapidly changing world and alter the course of each of their lives.
\ nBy early 1960s standards\, Margaret Ryan\, Viv Buschetti and Bitsy Cob b\, suburban housewives in a brand-new "planned community" in Northern Vir ginia\, appear to have it all. The fact that "all" doesn't feel like enoug h leaves them feeling confused and guilty\, certain the fault must lie wit h them. Things begin to change when they form a book club with Charlotte G ustafson--the eccentric and artsy "new neighbor" from Manhattan--and read Betty Friedan's just-released book\, "The Feminine Mystique."
\nCont roversial and groundbreaking\, the book struck a chord with an entire gene ration of women\, helping them realize that they weren't alone in their di ssatisfactions\, or their longings\, lifting their eyes to new horizons of possibility and achievement. Margaret\, Charlotte\, Bitsy and Viv are amo ng them. But is it really the book that alters the lives of these four ver y different women? Or is it the bond of sisterhood that helps them find co urage to confront the past\, navigate turmoil in a rapidly changing world\ , and see themselves in a new and limitless light?
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